Circuit to Provide Backup Telephone Service for a Multiple Service Access System Using a Twisted Pair

1. A method for use with a telecommunication facilities management platform, said platform connected to a subscriber telecommunications device via a subscriber line associated with a subscriber, said method comprising: receiving at a modem in an access module a communication from said telecommunications device said communication comprising at least one of a digital communication and an analog communication; transmitting said communication over at least one data network connected to said access module; detecting at said telecommunication facilities management platform a power failure associated with said subscriber by determining that a status signal has not been received from a subscriber server in a predetermined period of time; and in response to the detection of said power failure, transmitting said analog communication to a line card in a digital loop carrier associated with a telephony network by bypassing said modem.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said subscriber server comprises an intelligent services director located at a subscriber premises.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of detecting a power failure comprises detecting a loss of power to said intelligent services director.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one data network comprises a packet switched network.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising: in response to the detection of said power failure, providing battery power to said telecommunications device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising: in response to the detection of said power failure, providing ringing service to said telecommunications device.

7. A facilities management platform for use in maintaining telecommunications service for a subscriber in the event of a power failure, said subscriber associated with a telecommunications device, said facilities management platform comprising: a modem for receiving a communication from said telecommunications device, said communication comprising at least one of a digital communication and an analog communication; a controller adapted to transmit said communication over at least one data network connected to said access module; means for detecting at said telecommunication facilities management platform a power failure associated with said subscriber by determining that a status signal has not been received from a subscriber server in a predetermined period of time; and means for routing, in response to the detection of said power failure associated with said subscriber, said analog communication to a line card in a digital loop carrier associated with a telephony network by bypassing said modem.

8. The facilities management platform of claim 7 wherein said subscriber server comprises an intelligent services director located at a subscriber premises.

9. The facilities management platform of claim 8 wherein said means for detecting comprises means for detecting a loss of power to said intelligent services director.

10. The facilities management platform of claim 7 wherein said at least one data network comprises a packet switched network.

11. The facilities management platform of claim 7 further comprising: means for providing, in response to the detection of said power failure, battery power to said telecommunications device.

12. The facilities management platform of claim 7 further comprising: means for providing, in response to the detection of said power failure, ringing service to said telecommunications device.